Three change pleas in Cascade County court

A man facing two charges of sexual abuse of children after personnel with the Air Force Office of Special Investigation discovered images of child pornography on his computer that were procured in 2013. Michael Stoller, 47, is accused of possessing over 75 images of child pornography on two different computers.

Stoller pleaded guilty Wednesday to the second count of sexual abuse of children through a plea agreement with the state. The agreement carries a recommended sentence of 10 years in prison with all of them suspended. The recommendation is contingent on the following conditions: that Stoller have no contact with any person under the age of 18 or live near any place children congregate, he would also be forbidden to access to the internet without permission.

District Judge Julie Macek set sentencing for March 25.

The man involved in a 14-hour standoff with police last May changed his plea in court Wednesday, fulfilling the second portion of his global plea agreement with the state. Robert Spearson, 31, pleaded guilty failure to give notice of change of home residence as a registered violent offender.

Spearson resolved the other case included in the deal Tuesday by answering "true" to two counts from a petition to revoke his suspended sentence from a 2004 case. Spearson was ordered to serve 4 years in prison followed by 6 years probation in that case. The plea agreement calls for a recommended 4-year prison term for the failure to give notice charge to run concurrently with the other sentence.

District Judge Greg Pinski ordered a new pre-sentence investigation report, be conducted before he hands down a judgment on this case. A specific sentencing date was not set.

A Sun Prairie man facing several charges after allegedly threatening paramedics and a Great Falls Police Officer on the way to the hospital after being rescued from a car wreck last August changed his plea and was sentenced in court Wednesday.

Kenneth King, 27, was charged with assault with a weapon, felony criminal mischief, felony intimidation and misdemeanor theft. King entered into a plea agreement with the state which called for him to plead guilty to the assault with a weapon charge. The agreement included a sentencing recommendation from the state of a 10-years commitment to the Montana Department of Corrections with 5 years suspended, which District Judge Julie Macek followed. King also received credit for the 185 days in jail he served since his arrest. The other charges against King were dismissed as part of the agreement.

According to charging documents, King allegedly pointed a pair of trauma shears like a knife at a paramedic while being transported in an ambulance and demanded his neck brace be removed. King had previous arrests and convictions for assault, theft and drug crimes in California, Missouri, Oregon and Utah, documents say, and also had numerous warrants out for his arrest at the time of the incident, documents say.

Court testimony indicates King had no memory of the incident due to mental health issues and problems with alcohol. He'll be screened for treatment programs now that he's been sentenced.

"I've never tried to treat my mental issues, so I want to give it a shot," King said during the hearing.

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